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Sorry for me spamming this but this is extraordinary times: For people who are curious what living in China feels like now (video uploaded Mar 14th), from a Ja

Sorry for me spamming this but this is extraordinary times: For people who are curious what living in China feels like now (video uploaded Mar 14th), from a Japanese director living in Nanjing, China: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfsdJGj3-jM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfsdJGj3-jM Things are getting back to normal, with tons of precautions. There are a few other youtube channels run by westerners vlogging on the current situation in China. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1XG7bJnYqta_ezr12WZp7w https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1XG7bJnYqta_ezr12WZp7w Also, from someone lived in Wuhan: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/more-likely-to-get-sick-in-dublin-than-wuhan-says-teacher-ben-kavanagh-pxsvpdt8z https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/more-likely-to-get-sick-i...

enitihas 7y ago
I will recommend everyone to watch the Nanjing video. That is an insane amount of precautions. Keep in mind that it is about Nanjing, which was nowhere near Wuhan numbers. Some examples: 1. Every place is taking temperature of people. Every place 2. You have to register your presence everywhere. Boarding the metro train you have to scan a QR 3. Takeout is totally touchless, and contains the names of the employees involved in making it. 4. Cabs have a plastic seal between driver and passenger sides. 5. Restaurants have physical barriers between seats, so even if you go together with someone, you can't eat the food while looking at each other. There are just some examples, the video shows many more. To top it all, everyone is wearing masks. Everyone.
- WaltPurvis 7y ago
  You posted this simultaneously with my comment just above, and it provides some helpful information related to my questions. Thank you.
- chippy 7y ago
  Just to update as this changes from day to day as things get relaxed (in Nanjing) > 1. Every place is taking temperature of people. Every place Not every places anymore. Most shops, supermarkets or malls no longer have dedicated temperature staff. However entrances to living areas (neighbourhoods) and official infrastructure would have > 2. You have to register your presence everywhere. Boarding the metro train you have to scan a QR Not everywhere, like shops etc. However some cafes and restaurants required you to scan in to let you sit down. Additionally the app checked your face with your ID so you cant just share your qr code. > Takeout is touchless Also deliveries to your door are not back yet. Deliveries get dropped in a designated area where you go to pick them up. > 4. Cabs have a plastic seal between driver and passenger sides. However their version of "Uber" has no seals and is normal. > 5. Restaurants have physical barriers between seats, so even if you go together with someone, you can't eat the food while looking at each other. No longer the case as a rule. Most restaurants are not open for seating it seems currently, but those that do you can sit next to or opposite people now. However originally it was one person per seat when they first re-opened. Rules are being relaxed daily. In Nanjing there hasnt been a case of the virus for 2 weeks.
  - harmmonica 7y ago
    This may seem redundant, but can you confirm that the video from the Japanese resident of Nanjing is a fairly accurate representation of what it was like in Nanjing before the restrictions were loosened? Also, you didn't say it, but I assume you actually live in Nanjing currently? I have read countless comments online asking how can it be possible for China's case numbers to be nearly non-existent at this point and the Nanjing video paints the picture completely for me, an average American. Another comment in this thread talks about symptoms and what it's like actually having the virus. If a series of videos existed that showed a) what it's like having the disease (I haven't seen any videos showing that but the top comment on this thread as of now is a good first-person explanation of a "mild" case) and b) the lockdown response necessary to keep the numbers down or eliminate them altogether I feel like more people would be able to take this seriously here. Of course I also watch that Nanjing video and realize that I don't see how it's possible that Americans would ever go for such extreme measures, which makes one think that the UK "let them get sick to get herd immunity" starts to make more sense.
    - theseadroid 7y ago
      Plz keep in mind that with all those measures employed in China, we don't know exactly which ones are effective and how effective they are. Also S.K. Taiwan, and Singapore has a different set of measures that seems to work. What I wanted from posting that video is to show the virus is containable once everyone is onboard. And as a Chinese I know everyone is onboard on day 1. Tons of volunteers. Tons of volunteering health workers from day 1. The people keep temperature readings from many communities and neighbourhoods are volunteers. Many elderly volunteered to do that. Everyone is onboard to contain the virus on day 1 by themselves, not forced. Ask any Chinese you know, I guarantee you no one thinks it's just a flu. I would bet that people from S.K. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore all share the same attitude. In startup world we say people would achieve wonders once the vision is clear and everyone is onboard. It's the same with this pandemic.
    - chippy 7y ago
      Yes, the situation on the video is accurate from when it was filmed. Just that the situation is also rapidly loosening up and variable from place to place. Also it was much more strict a couple of weeks ago. I think people want to return to normality as quickly as possible. I've seen a few people walking around in their living areas with no masks now. One update would be that some deliveries (possibly postal or parcels) are able to come into the living areas - but again this is just this week. Some other delivery companies are not allowed in just yet though. I've a contact living in the north of Nanjing in a residential area.

enitihas 7y ago

I will recommend everyone to watch the Nanjing video. That is an insane amount of precautions. Keep in mind that it is about Nanjing, which was nowhere near Wuhan numbers. Some examples: 1. Every place is taking temperature of people. Every place 2. You have to register your presence everywhere. Boarding the metro train you have to scan a QR 3. Takeout is totally touchless, and contains the names of the employees involved in making it. 4. Cabs have a plastic seal between driver and passenger sides. 5. Restaurants have physical barriers between seats, so even if you go together with someone, you can't eat the food while looking at each other. There are just some examples, the video shows many more. To top it all, everyone is wearing masks. Everyone.

WaltPurvis 7y ago
You posted this simultaneously with my comment just above, and it provides some helpful information related to my questions. Thank you.
chippy 7y ago
Just to update as this changes from day to day as things get relaxed (in Nanjing) > 1. Every place is taking temperature of people. Every place Not every places anymore. Most shops, supermarkets or malls no longer have dedicated temperature staff. However entrances to living areas (neighbourhoods) and official infrastructure would have > 2. You have to register your presence everywhere. Boarding the metro train you have to scan a QR Not everywhere, like shops etc. However some cafes and restaurants required you to scan in to let you sit down. Additionally the app checked your face with your ID so you cant just share your qr code. > Takeout is touchless Also deliveries to your door are not back yet. Deliveries get dropped in a designated area where you go to pick them up. > 4. Cabs have a plastic seal between driver and passenger sides. However their version of "Uber" has no seals and is normal. > 5. Restaurants have physical barriers between seats, so even if you go together with someone, you can't eat the food while looking at each other. No longer the case as a rule. Most restaurants are not open for seating it seems currently, but those that do you can sit next to or opposite people now. However originally it was one person per seat when they first re-opened. Rules are being relaxed daily. In Nanjing there hasnt been a case of the virus for 2 weeks.
- harmmonica 7y ago
  This may seem redundant, but can you confirm that the video from the Japanese resident of Nanjing is a fairly accurate representation of what it was like in Nanjing before the restrictions were loosened? Also, you didn't say it, but I assume you actually live in Nanjing currently? I have read countless comments online asking how can it be possible for China's case numbers to be nearly non-existent at this point and the Nanjing video paints the picture completely for me, an average American. Another comment in this thread talks about symptoms and what it's like actually having the virus. If a series of videos existed that showed a) what it's like having the disease (I haven't seen any videos showing that but the top comment on this thread as of now is a good first-person explanation of a "mild" case) and b) the lockdown response necessary to keep the numbers down or eliminate them altogether I feel like more people would be able to take this seriously here. Of course I also watch that Nanjing video and realize that I don't see how it's possible that Americans would ever go for such extreme measures, which makes one think that the UK "let them get sick to get herd immunity" starts to make more sense.
  - theseadroid 7y ago
    Plz keep in mind that with all those measures employed in China, we don't know exactly which ones are effective and how effective they are. Also S.K. Taiwan, and Singapore has a different set of measures that seems to work. What I wanted from posting that video is to show the virus is containable once everyone is onboard. And as a Chinese I know everyone is onboard on day 1. Tons of volunteers. Tons of volunteering health workers from day 1. The people keep temperature readings from many communities and neighbourhoods are volunteers. Many elderly volunteered to do that. Everyone is onboard to contain the virus on day 1 by themselves, not forced. Ask any Chinese you know, I guarantee you no one thinks it's just a flu. I would bet that people from S.K. Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore all share the same attitude. In startup world we say people would achieve wonders once the vision is clear and everyone is onboard. It's the same with this pandemic.
  - chippy 7y ago
    Yes, the situation on the video is accurate from when it was filmed. Just that the situation is also rapidly loosening up and variable from place to place. Also it was much more strict a couple of weeks ago. I think people want to return to normality as quickly as possible. I've seen a few people walking around in their living areas with no masks now. One update would be that some deliveries (possibly postal or parcels) are able to come into the living areas - but again this is just this week. Some other delivery companies are not allowed in just yet though. I've a contact living in the north of Nanjing in a residential area.